F1 news LIVE: Lewis Hamilton future in question as Daniel Ricciardo ‘ended’ by Lando Norris

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F1 is looking ahead to this weekend’s the Azerbaijan Grand Prix with more intrigue than ever surrounding the 2022 season.

Daniel Ricciardo has responding to blunt criticism from his McLaren boss Zak Brown who hinted that the Australian driver’s contract could be terminated at the end of the season should he fail to turn around his struggling form. “The reality is I’ve not forgotten how to drive in six months, I haven’t lost my competitive edge,” he told Crash. “It’s just kind of a moment in time that I knew I could come out of. You are always going to get people saying this and that. It is what it is, it’s up to me in the car to prove them wrong.”

Meanwhile Lewis Hamilton has moved to shut down any talk of him retiring from F1, which has emerged on the back of Mercedes’ struggles and the fact that teammate George Russell is currently outperforming him. “Why should I stop?” Hamilton told Corriere della Ser. “Let’s take this season: I probably won’t win the title, but I feel the same pleasure of competing as when I started. Maybe one day I won’t be able to take the pressure anymore, I’ll be tired, but that day hasn’t come yet.”

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Red Bull’s chief Formula 1 advisor Helmut Marko believes that Mercedes’ recent flashes of potential means the team remains a threat in the 2022 world championship.

The eight-time construtors’ champions are currently 101 points behind leaders Red Bull after seven races but Marko believes the quick lap times the cars have been able to reach provide a ‘dangerous’ threat to challenge for the title.

Although Red Bull’s Max Verstappen is 41 and 75 points ahead of Mercedes’ George Russell and Lewis